Edith Coghlan

Edith Coghlan
Born(1866-03-31)31 March 1866
Lislee House, Courtmacsherry, County Cork, Ireland
Died1931(1931-00-00) (aged 64–65)
County Cork, Ireland
OccupationPoet
Spouse
Thomas Sherrard
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(m. 1905)​
Children1
Writing career
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Edith Helena Coghlan (married name Sherrard; 31 March 1866 – 1931) was an Irish poet active in County Cork and France.

Biography

Coghlan was born on 31 March 1866 at Lislee House in Courtmacsherry to Heber Coghlan, a schoolmaster and poet, and Mary Jane Coghlan (née Soane; died 1870). Coughlan had at least two younger siblings.

A regular contributor of poetry to weekly newspapers in Dublin and Cork, Coghlan also published poetry in the New York Weekly between 1894 and 1897. From 1894, Coghlan lived for a period in France where she wrote poetry in English and French. In 1887, Coghlan published in Ireland a book of poetry entitled "Rejoice". In 1901, Coghlan was working as a lady's maid in Surrey and had later returned to County Cork by 1911.

On 2 March 1905, Coghlan married Thomas Sherrard, a farmer from County Cork, at St Leonard's Church in Chelsham. The couple had one son, and Coghlan was the stepmother of two children from Sherrad's first marriage. Coghlan died in 1931 in County Cork.

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ↑ Also cited as the nearby village of Timoleague.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ulry Colman, Anne (1996). Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Irish Women Poets. Galway: Kenny's Bookshop & Art Gallery. p. 55. ISBN 978-0906312445. Retrieved 1 August 2026 – via Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 Paul, W. J. (1894). "Edith H. Coghlan". Modern Irish Poets. Belfast. pp. 77–83. Retrieved 1 August 2026 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. 1 2 "Edith Helena Coghlan [birth index]". Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620–1911 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 31 March 1866.
  4. 1 2 3 Murphy, J. A. (2014). The Church of Ireland in Co Limerick: Edited Research Correspondence January 2012 to December 2013. Morrisville, North Carolina: Lulu Press. p. 218.
  5. ↑ "Frances Jane Coghlan". Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620–1911 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 16 December 1867.
  6. ↑ Coghlan, Edith H. (1 September 1894). "Again We Meet". New York Weekly. Vol. 49, no. 45. New York City. p. 5. Retrieved 2 August 2026 – via Stanford Digital Repository, Stanford University.
  7. ↑ Coghlan, Edith H. (22 September 1894). "The Death of Love". New York Weekly. Vol. 49, no. 48. New York City. p. 5. Retrieved 2 August 2026 – via Stanford Digital Repository, Stanford University.
  8. ↑ Coghlan, Edith H. (12 December 1896). "When First We Met". New York Weekly. Vol. 52, no. 8. New York City. p. 1. Retrieved 2 August 2026 – via Digital Library, Villanova University.
  9. ↑ Coghlan, Edith H. (27 February 1897). "When Shall We Meet?". New York Weekly. Vol. 52, no. 19. New York City. p. 7. Retrieved 2 August 2026 – via Digital Library, Villanova University.
  10. 1 2 "Ready on Wednesday: Poetry". The Irish Times. Dublin. 13 December 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Edith H Coghlan". Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Richmond: The National Archives: 37. 1901.
  12. 1 2 "Residents of 8 Maryborough". 1911 Census; Cork; Douglas; Maryborough. 1911. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Thomas Sherrard and Edith Helena Cryhlam". Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Chelsham, St Leonard; 1900–1937. Woking, Surrey: Surrey History Centre. 2 March 1905.
  14. ↑ "Edith Sherrard [death index]". Quarterly Returns of Deaths in Ireland with Index to Deaths. 5 (Q1). Dublin: General Register Office: 137. 1931.